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2020 … A myopic year

by Kevin | Feb 2, 2021

Long time, no see Our main goal when starting this blog was to keep everyone informed on all our happenings as we moved abroad. It began to morph into topics that we enjoyed: travel and personal finance mostly. We have been pretty bad at keeping any updates, but I...

Summer in Saudi Series – Episode 2

by Kevin | Aug 25, 2020

And just like that, it was gone. Summer in Saudi was both excruciatingly long and short at the same time. Every day seemed to drone on with monotony. At the same time, because we didn't go anywhere, it felt like we didn't get a break. As school is beginning, it...

Summer in Saudi Series – Episode 1

by Kevin | Jul 10, 2020

So I thought that I would start to chronicle our summer here in Saudi. As stated earlier, we have been forced to stay this summer in Saudi Arabia. Our original flights have been canceled, and we are still awaiting our voucher from KLM. Perhaps, it was a bit lucky...

Life in the Time of Corona

by Kevin | May 24, 2020

(a small corona-like play on words from Gabriel García Márquez) One day melts into the next. Weekday indistinguishable from week-end. Day after day of monotony. Those are apt descriptions of our life in Corona lockdown. Just kidding (sort of) First of all, we are...

Trek to Jubail Church

by Kevin | Apr 10, 2020

Let me tell you a story. It is a story about a father and son (with some neighbors) who decide to go on a trek to the 4th Century Jubail Church. Now if anyone from the government is reading, I want to reiterate that this story is completely fictional. Now, if you...

Living Abroad during the Coronavirus Pandemic

by Kevin | Mar 21, 2020

Well now! A lot has certainly happened since the last post. Now that we are on 'Spring Break', maybe I will have a bit more time to write a post to update you on how we are dealing living abroad during the coronavirus pandemic. Important things first First of all,...